with $100k coming in, swapping out of Tallahassee
changea dispatch from
buffalo
NY
42.89°N
78.88°W
Buffalo invented the wing (Anchor Bar, 1964, midnight, blue cheese, celery, not negotiable) and that should tell you most of what you need to know about the city's spirit. The Bills Mafia jumps through tables in subzero parking lots. Niagara Falls is 20 minutes away. The architecture (Sullivan, Wright, Olmsted parks) is genuinely world-class. The snow is part of the local mythology and the locals wear it proudly.
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more expensive each month than Tallahassee
Buffalo costs more than Tallahassee, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,374/mo
10% cheaper than Tallahassee(vs $1,527/mo)
5.85%
$488/mo more in state tax than Tallahassee
vs 0% in Tallahassee
$6,472/mo
$334 less than Tallahassee
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$280k
3% cheaper than Tallahassee
vs $289k in Tallahassee
1.2M
vs 393k in Tallahassee
field notes, weather & such.
152
pleasant days a year, in buffalo.
Tallahassee gets 186 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Cold is the cost: 42 days drop below 20° vs Tallahassee's 0.
A month here packs 34.0× the events of Tallahassee.
66/100
14% higher than Tallahassee
vs 58/100 in Tallahassee
Closest outdoor draw: Darien Lakes State Park, 23.9 mi.
91/100
18% higher than Tallahassee
vs 77/100 in Tallahassee
20
186% more than Tallahassee
vs 7 nonstops in Tallahassee
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